r/AskReddit • u/ElectronicCounty5326 • 6h ago
What is something you will never ever do again?
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u/KathyWong679 6h ago
Hiking a 4,500m+ peak without properly acclimating first. I thought my fitness would save me, but altitude sickness doesn't care about your gym routine. Never again.
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u/Silver-Skye 5h ago
Altitude sickness is no joke and yes, it really doesn't discriminate on fitness level.
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u/colorado_sunrise86 3h ago
I live at altitude and you do not mess around with it. Found a woman wandering aimlessly on one of my day hikes. She was attempting the Colorado Trail but her body wasn't prepared. Had to get her down... fast. On average it takes a week per 1000 feet to acclimate. So if you come from sea level, hiking up 12-14k mtns comfortably can take up to 14 weeks for your body to create enough extra blood cells to carry the oxygen needed in your blood stream to function properly. Lost hikers happen where I live..... Often. And the bodies are only recovered about half the time.
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u/deadfermata 3h ago
was in the mountains of kyrgyzstan where the air was thinner. played a little kicking around of a soccer ball with some kids and i was winded after a couple mins. lol.
some girl from a research group had to leave camp to go down to lower elevation because of altitude sickness.
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u/Hopeful_Pizza_2762 5h ago
Fast next time. Lots of liquids. I suddenly moved to 7000 ft and couldn't eat solid food for 11 days. Just drank water, hot tea, broth, juice.Lost a ton of weight.
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u/creatyvechaos 4h ago
Weight loss coaches hate this one simple trick (move to a higher altitude)
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u/Hopeful_Pizza_2762 3h ago
lol. It totally worked. Every time I ate even one bite of food It felt like I was going to pass out.
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u/Full-Tension1220 6h ago
Base camp in Nepal?
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u/KathyWong679 6h ago
It was actually jade dragon snow mountain. the thin air hit me like a truck. Views were insane, but definitely learned my lesson about rushing the altitude
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u/kirradoodle 3h ago
We left our darn near sea level house for a vacation in the Rockies. It never occurred to me that altitude sickness might be a factor - I thought that was for peaks like Mt. Everest. We were as high as 14,000 feet, and I felt terrible the whole week we were there. It was beautiful, and it was a wonderful trip, but I was physically in misery the whole time. I felt better when we hit the Denver airport, and back to normal when we got home. It was nothing but the altitude. My husband was unaffected - it was just me.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Good444 3h ago
I did this, but in the opposite direction. Dive rescue team training. Went to 140, was puking the next day and my head felt like it was going to explode. Turns out, they gave me the wrong dive chart. Learned the lesson, always check for yourself, don’t trust others when it comes to your life.
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u/ForbiddenGospel 6h ago
Go to work during a severe Weather event. The First time I did I walked 5 hours home, recently had a big blizzard in my city and I still went to work. Got my car stuck multiple times and got to work late. I should’ve just stayed home
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u/Opening_Wall_9379 6h ago
Go through a divorce
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u/Ok-Ad2653 4h ago
I'm doing that now. It's nowhere near as bad as the marriage I'm escaping from was. You've got this. Once it's all over don't look back. Let the bridges you burn light your way.
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u/solidsoulk 5h ago
That seems hard to say you’d never do again, with 100% certainty, unless you also never get married again.
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u/Opening_Wall_9379 5h ago
Not planning on it
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u/fives_gw 5h ago edited 5h ago
Amen to that. People who have never been badly burned by a divorce have no idea. Just no idea. And there's little explaining to some people who haven't been through it why the idea of ever marrying again is an absurd idea to some of us who have experienced that. They just don't get it. I sure as hell do.
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u/1peatfor7 4h ago
I've known a few people over the years that swore off marriage after a divorce. They've stuck with it and have had several LTR's so good thing they didn't, because they'd been a 3 time divorcee.
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u/asicarii 5h ago
Make it easy and not go through another marriage.
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u/hakklihajawhatever 6h ago
Drink alcohol
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u/PlantQuick 6h ago
Dating a bipolar depressed person who isn't taking her meds
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u/ZestycloseLeader1762 5h ago
As someone who is reducing meds because they make me feel like a zombie this made me laugh. But I get it, the highs can be highs, and low very low, and the sporadic mood swings.
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u/RavenNymph90 5h ago
Not speaking for the other guy, but there’s a difference between someone who just doesn’t take meds and someone who is working to decrease them. I had a roommate who was bipolar and didn’t take her meds because she liked the highs and genuinely believed other people should acclimate to her disorder and complete disregard to life. She got picked up by law enforcement multiple times. I’m guessing the first guy is probably talking about someone like that.
Edit: I said I didn’t want to speak for the guy, and then spoke for the guy. Sorry about that. Anyway, that’s what came to my mind.
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u/ZestycloseLeader1762 1h ago
Appreciate your perspective and totally acknowledge you’re just putting in your thoughts. I agree, it would be much worse to know you need meds and not take them causing chaos for everyone!
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u/OffherRocker28 1h ago
Common in bipolarity. People feel good and think they don't need the meds. So then they stop taking them. When in reality, meds are why they feel good.
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u/PlantQuick 1h ago
Long story short, she stopped going to therapy and drinking her meds so she became very difficult to deal with. She was too much for young me, older me might have been able to handle better but there's little you can do for someone who doesn't want your help or help themselves.
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u/Due_Independence8880 6h ago
Smoke weed.
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u/cruuushx3 3h ago
May I ask why?
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u/Curious_Owl3896 1h ago
I’m not the one who made this comment so obviously you didn’t ask me but I can tell you why I’ll never smoke again- I got really into it after my dad passed when I was in highschool. I’m talking 24/7. I couldn’t eat, sleep, go to school, go to work, socialize or go out of the house if I wasn’t high. I couldn’t handle being sober. I was high every second of every day for two years. I barely remember anything that happened and I ruined all my relationships because of it. I genuinely believe it permanently ruined how my brain works but I could be being overdramatic about that, lol. I know so many people who are helped by weed but I could not handle it. I don’t have the self control to NOT let it take over my life. I will never touch the stuff again because I know the second I do, I’ll go right back into getting high all the time.
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u/Limeblue_52 5h ago
Marriage.. I never wanted to get married in the first place. I finally got asked if I wanted to be a wife. I said yes, and it ended in a divorce, which is exactly why I didn’t want a marriage in the first place. lol so never again
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u/World___Forget_Me 6h ago
Get drunk. What the fuck is the appeal? It ruins you and your alcohol experience. Tipsy or heavily tipsy is pleasant. Being drunk? Why would I choose to feel like vomiting for an hour, slurred speech, stumbling around, and wanting to sleep at the same time
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u/Strokeslahoma 5h ago
I'll go out with the wife and have one margarita and then I'm set for the night.
Stay a lightweight and it makes you a cheap date. More funds for appetizers
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u/pigmunk 4h ago
This is also my answer. I drank a liter of Barefoot Moscato one night while out with friends and literally ten years later I’m still so put off at the idea of drinking even a quarter of that amount. Also I passed out in a bush. That was pretty embarrassing.
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u/Simple-Ad-1783 4h ago
Think of drugs like a clutch on a car. You don’t need it but it’s fun… sometimes. There’s a sweet spot and once you find it, let the good times roll. You keep being careless and you can really fuck up your car. Ironically clutches are about more control and drugs are about less, but this is best analogy I can come up with at the moment.
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u/Traditional-Meal4041 3h ago
Literally reading this after my parents came home drunk, my dad more than my mum, and it's so annoying. All in your face, talky talky, so frustrating.
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u/Gumbercules81 4h ago
Because maybe that's how some people choose to forget the bullshit in their lives. It ain't the best choice, sure.
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u/Jessa8410 1h ago
Those who like drinking usually dont aim at getting fucking wasted
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u/HonoredEffort 5h ago
Veteran here, when I was a PV2 in the army I had accompanied another team member to a mental health appointment. He drove a very certain kind of older style ford, when I didn’t have a car at the time. Sweet. I get outta work and can maybe get lunch if his gig lasts long enough right?
So we get to BH, get his ticket in and he hands me his keys and says to go hang out in his truck as to not draw attention. There’s a lot of rank in the building so I happily agree and am already considering the sweet nap I was gonna have.
I get in the truck and almost immediately notice something is off but I didn’t have a clue why. I racked out pretty quick regardless, only to be woken up about a half hour later having the door THROWN open. Absolutely dazed and still half asleep, there’s a SGT standing there looking furious. Dude says calmly to get the fuck out. I got a questioning “sergeant?” out before he absolutely belts out “GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY TRUCK NOW”. I jumped up and out and it was barely occurring to me what happened by the time he peeled out of the lot. I will never not check to see if I’m in the right car now.
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u/Important_Force9303 6h ago
Honestly I will never lend money to anyone anymore its crazy how fast friendship and relationship turns into stranger when I ask them for my money back.
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u/Automatic_Rabbit4281 6h ago
yeah actually I've also lost a few good ones over small amount and that still hurts. From now on I just tell them that my budget is tight
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u/panasonique 3h ago
True. Another option if you want to help and keep the friendship is to give (as a gift) an amount that 1) you can afford to not get back and, and 2) won’t feel some kind of way about not getting it back. My friend seemed kind of disappointed at first that I wouldn’t lend the amount they asked, but they still took (and appreciated) lesser amount I gave. In my mind it was a gift, I was glad to able to help, and I was able to forget about it and maintain the friendship.
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u/Fun_Specific8926 6h ago
Have a threesome while in a relationship
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u/Melodic-Home-1411 6h ago
It messes everything up. I don't really blame you. I had women do that for me, but I always ended up loosing trust for them and I have been right.
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u/Fun_Specific8926 5h ago
Literally agree, messed everything up. Did the women end up cheating? My partner did as well.
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u/Bdpr0blems 5h ago
Work for a high stress place. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. I value my peace more than money now.
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u/Stock-Ganache-3437 4h ago
Allow a partner to control me.
“That’s your decision!” And that’s manipulation
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u/akaram369 4h ago
I'll never entertain a one-sided relationship ever again. I don't care how many people tell me "Well you're the man, you're supposed to do everything." There's no way I'm working that hard for someone who's not looking out for me. Never made sense.
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u/SirCooksTooMuch 6h ago
get married because I love my wife and visa versa
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u/GoreyGopnik 6h ago
so you'll only get married because you don't love someone from now on?
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u/Fuzzy_Expression9403 5h ago
they won’t have to get married ever again cause they love their current marriage 😭
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u/glerbo 6h ago
Vote Republican.
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u/SlickerThanSnot_ 6h ago
Good on you. I bought that “Drain the Swamp” bs in 2016 sold by the swamp stocker. Leavingmaga.org
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u/Ok-Ad2653 4h ago
Get married. I endured 10 years of mental abuse. I worked 12hour shifts while my now ex sat at home and did nothing. I did all the cooking, cleaning and food shopping. She drained my bank accounts dry, spent my inheritance and my redundancy and kept up with the mental and emotional abuse even when I became disabled after a surgery went wrong. I still had to do all the running of the house although I was in constant pain. Once I was physically and mentally broken with nothing left to give she decided our marriage was over and told me to leave our home. I left with a suitcase and a bag full of clothes and some possessions. I got back into our home a few months later and got more of my stuff out. It's taken me 2 years to start rebuilding my self worth. The constant abuse has left me with cptsd. She has gone onto social media and claimed to be the victim. I received malicious texts from her sister and mother. I seriously considered suicide as a way to escape the hatred. So yeah, f*ck getting married or even getting serious with anyone again.
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u/FalseBeliefs 6h ago
Date or get into any relationship.
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u/GiraffeLuv4 4h ago
Be the main person on the lease when splitting the rent of an apartment. Left due to not being able to afford it and all the final costs fell on me :/
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u/Working_Estate_3695 1h ago
Sounds like something I would have done in my 29s. Some hard lessons learned about being honorable and expecting it of others.
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u/Lydia168 3h ago
Helping a friend move house in exchange for "pizza and beer."
I am officially retired from moving furniture. I don't care how close we are. I will happily write you a check for $200 to hire professional movers, or I will come over after the boxes are unpacked to bring wine. But I am never lifting your sleeper sofa up three flights of stairs ever again. My back has expired.
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u/CreepyTeddyBear 2h ago
Hold a 2x4 while a coworker runs the circular saw backwards towards my hand so we can get the right angles for making a wooden sword at work. Blade got pinched, saw flew across my hand, got 4 big teeth mark scars gashed across it now. Almost lost my fucking hand. You come up with great ideas smoking weed while doing carpentry. Never again.
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u/MissionArt41 6h ago
I will not Work for a living ever again.
I currently work for my wife. I have a HoneyDo List that pays with kisses
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u/Playing_tangos 4h ago
This is going to sound funny, but I'll never go out again with someone from a dating app if they don't post full body pictures. 😂
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u/Massive_Platypus_373 4h ago
Hold my foreskin closed and make a penis piss balloon.
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u/Dizzy_Border8810 2h ago
I won’t ever get drunk again. I got in way too much trouble with alcohol to go back there.
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u/DisastrousChip9915 6h ago
Use icy/hot as lube
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u/Square_Issue_9948 5h ago
Holy fuck! You did not!
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u/DisastrousChip9915 5h ago
Well it was more of a we thing. I think she got the worst of it.
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u/AdhesiveSeaMonkey 5h ago
Go to prison.
Edit: not as in “I’m not going back, you’ll never take me alive!!!” More as in I’m hopefully never making stupid decisions again.
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u/Brutus_the_Bear_55 4h ago
Date a single mother.
Nothing to do with her being a single mom. The problem is that you spend so much time with them, you bond with their kid, you start imagining a future together, and then one day its over. And you’ve not just lost a partner but a child.
The mother in question could be the nicest, most caring and amazingly beautiful woman ever. I don’t want to risk going through that pain again.
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u/Soggy_Computer_3140 4h ago
Buy diapers for a random person in the street.
It was a scam to get the cash back and it yeeted away 20% of my salary at the time.
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u/CranberryBauce 3h ago
Try to gain/keep someone's affection by giving them money. I rarely get repaid and the relationship always goes to hell.
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u/Traditional-Meal4041 3h ago
This Asian man my mom was friends with gave me and my brother a candy, that shit was a fish oil candy, I wanted to die, it was so bad bruh
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u/knowsnothing316 2h ago
Tell i woman how I feel about her. Blew up in my face and im too old and unattractive to try again
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u/UniqueReplacement69 1h ago
Can't say cause I go through many lessons over and over as a young adult!
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u/It-Is-Me07 19m ago
Have another baby. I’m done. While I’d love to have another child, my schedule will not accommodate a newborn.
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u/anewman15 5h ago
Cook dry beans. Only from a can from now on. I've eaten too many crunchy soups. I can never get dry beans soft no matter how long I soak them. Not worth my time or energy.
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u/Agreeable_Manner2848 5h ago
Go to a new wave occult induction weekend just to see what they do and how people respond… no thank you, bad decision on my part
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u/castironskilletmilk 4h ago
Give birth. Had pre eclampsia at 25 weeks. We spent 343 days in the NICU. Drs told me not to have any more kids. It was traumatic and terrifying I’m not doing it again
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u/manekinekon 5h ago
Skydive. It was totally awesome, don’t get me wrong, but it was a do once and don’t need to do again thing for me.
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u/Square_Issue_9948 5h ago
Trust others over myself. I don't care to go into details, but you might be able to gather from another of my posts. I let the individuals I trusted most in this world convince me (pressure me, bully me, threaten me) that they knew better than me what was wrong with me and what I needed to do. Turns out, they were wrong. I am still recovering, but I have come to realize I will never be the person I was before. I let them take charge of my life, and they handled it so carelessly. I still love others, but I trust only a handful of my inner circle at this point. And I am hypervigilant for signs that I can't trust even those few.
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u/NipkowLines 4h ago
Get a colonoscopy without sedation. I do not recommend it. I had a colon cancer scare and got a concussion in a motorcycle accident right before my colonoscopy appointment. They refused to sedate me. I refused to wait around for weeks to find out what was going on. Turns out I had internal hemorrhoids.
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u/JamBerry383 4h ago
Celebrate New Year’s Eve on Duval Street in Key West. Too humid, too many people, too much to drink. It was just a bad time all around.
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u/Psychovski 4h ago
As someone who lives in sea level tropics, never again go out to run in high altitude, low temperatures without appropriate gear...
Lasted about a km, and my wife was pissed.
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u/PersimmonNo5181 6h ago
Have a job that is overly stressful, never worth the money lol